Sushma Swaraj also called for terrorists' funding, their weapons supply, training and political support to be systematically cut off.

Sushma Swaraj did not name any country but the reference was clearly to Pakistan

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She did not name any country but the reference was clearly to Pakistan

Sushma Swaraj called for terrorists' funding to be systematically cut off

She called on her BRICS counterparts to condemn efforts to sponsor terror

In a veiled attack on Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said terrorists continue to find shelter in countries using terrorism as an "instrument of state policy" and called on her counterparts from BRICS to condemn efforts to sponsor the menace.

"The horror of terrorism continues to haunt global peace and security. Terror groups draw sustenance from support systems in South Asia," Ms Swaraj said at the BRICS Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

"Terrorists continue to find support and shelter in countries which use terrorism as an instrument of state policy," the minister said.

She did not name any country but the reference was clearly to Pakistan.

Ms Swaraj also called for terrorists' funding, their weapons supply, training and political support to be systematically cut off.

She also called for early conclusion of the CCIT while urging all the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - to condemn efforts, including by states, to use religion to justify, sustain and sponsor terrorism against other countries.

The Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) was proposed by India in 1996 to enhance prosecution and extradition of terrorists.